Yaw Donkoh, MD
Anesthesiology · Chicago Ridge, ILNPI 1790978492
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 48.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,110 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $313 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 161 payments — averaging $65.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Abbott$2K
- Stryker$613
- AbbVie$465
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$326
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$283
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,31541%
- Food & beverage$6,20259%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 45 | $5,080 |
| Abbott | 34 | $2,250 |
| Stryker | 4 | $613 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $465 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 7 | $326 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 7 | $283 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $180 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $176 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $171 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $123 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $112 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $99 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $93 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $74 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $33 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Lenoss Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$2,957
- PROCLAIM$1,180
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$554
- Intracept$543
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$536
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$362
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$183
- XEOMIN$168
- Proclaim IPG$157
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$132
- mild Device Kit$121
- Axium INS DRG IPG$120
- InSpan$111
- SIJFuse$111
- FacetFuse$111
- NanoFuse$111
How this compares
$10,517 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,980 anesthesiology providers in Illinois.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 90 | $401 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $100 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 55 | $97 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 28 | $70 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $49 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Chicago Ridge
- Nishant ShahChicago$2.1M
- Tolga SuvarChicago$303K
- Fiaz AhmedArlington Heights$251K
- Dragan GastevskiChicago$240K
- Edward ObrienUrbana$167K
- Glenn MurphyEvanston$129K
- Randall OstroffBerwyn$103K
- Jeffery VenderEvanston$103K
- Rushad MarfatiaChicago$67K
- Kurosh TakhtehchianChicago$61K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.